So you've decided to start riding a bicycle, congratulations—hope you don't mind a little black lung! But seriously, now that you've gotten used to riding with lots of traffic and taken our tips to heart, we have a hunch you might be looking for a way to keep your new commute interesting—and also make you feel less guilty for skipping out on the gym. One way we've found to do that is by tracking our trips and what do you know, there is an app for that. more ›

It's safe to say that the bickering over the city's bike lanes will literally never come to an end, and apparently anti-bikers don't even need to get in on the conversation for there to be conflict. A few vocal bikers are complaining about some of the new bike lanes, specifically the ones built in between sidewalks and rows of parked cars, saying bikers have to not only dodge parked cars, but pedestrians too. "They're death traps and they're very poorly designed," biker Dan Durller told WSJ. Would it help if drivers stopped being jerks too? more ›

Pedestrians and drivers in this city have hated each other for years, but it seems that the city's bicyclists get the brunt of hatred from both worlds. In "A unified theory of New York biking," Reuters blogger Felix Salmon theorizes that cyclists get such hatred because, though they are vehicles, they are treated as pedestrians. But that may be both the bikers' and the drivers' faults. more ›

A team of twenty brave (or crazy) cyclists recently took part in a nighttime group ride along Queens Boulevard, that twelve-lane traffic artery affectionately known as the Boulevard of Death. Wearing reflective vests with "Share the Road" printed on the back, the so-called "bike pool" gathers monthly to remind drivers that cyclists also use the dangerous boulevard, where 22-year-old Asif Rahman, a photographer and aspiring hip-hop artist, was killed by a truck earlier this year. The Times tagged along with the cyclists, who are calling for a bike lane on the boulevard. Queens Councilman James Gennaro agrees it could accommodate one with minimal impact on traffic, but the DOT has no plans to install it. As Alex Vasiliev, a 66-year-old Ukranian livery cab driver puts it, "Bicycles need a lane, but cars do not need bicycle lane." more ›